Royal Roads University
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| Motto: | Living Our Learning |
| Established: | 1995 |
| Type: | Public university |
| President: | Dr. Allan R. Cahoon |
| Provost: | Dr. Angelo Belcastro |
| Students: | 2,668 |
| Location: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Campus: | urban |
| Colours: | White & blue |
| Affiliations: | AUCC, IAU, CVU, |
| Website: | www.royalroads.ca |
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Royal Roads University (RRU) is a public university established in 1995. It is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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[edit] Programs
Royal Roads University offers applied and professional programs at both the undergraduate and graduate degree level. The various programs are offered on-campus and online. Programs are delivered in three formats, on-site with 100% face to face learning, blended, with part of the program taught in a face-to-face residency and the balance on-line, plus some programs are offered completely on-line. Residency based programs range from one to three weeks, and are often held on-campus but select programs host their residencies in unique locations in the world. Programs of study include business, leadership, environment and sustainability, tourism, hotel management, sustainable tourism, destination development, tourism leadership,information and society, peace and conflict management, and communication and culture. Royal Roads also has an active MBA program in Asia.
- Undergraduate studies:
- BA in International Hotel Management; BA in Justice Studies; BA in Professional Communication;
- BCom in Entrepreneurial Management;
- BSc in Environmental Management; BSc in Environmental Science
- Graduate studies:
- MA - MSc in Environment and Management; MA in Conflict Analysis and Management; MA in Disaster and Emergency Management; MA in Environmental Education and Communication; MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding; MA in Interdisciplinary Studies; MA in International Hotel Management; MA in Leadership; MA in Learning and Technology; MA in Professional Communication; MA in Tourism Management;
- Master of Business Administration (MBA);MBA in China
- Executive Education:
- Conflict Analysis: Custom Leadership Programs; Destination Development; Developing Leadership Impact;Environmental Education and Communication; Environmental Practice;Executive Coaching;Health Systems Leadership; Leadership Continuing Studies; Learning and Technology; Project Management; Public Relations Management; Strategic Human Resources Management; Sustainable Tourism; Tourism Leadership
- Continuing Studies
[edit] Centers
Royal Roads is the future home of the Robert Bateman Art and Environmental Education Centre, forecasted to open in 2011. This centre will house the art work of this outstanding Canadian artist and become a dynamic new place for academic programs, executive education and continuing studies. It will also house the Canadian Centre for Environmental Education--a partnership between Royal Roads and ECO Canada [1].
[edit] Governance
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On April 2, 2007, Dr. Allan R. Cahoon became the new president of Royal Roads University.
Dr. Cahoon has been a professor of business administration at the University of Regina since 2002. He was a professor of management at the University of Calgary from 1976 to 2001 where he also held at various times positions of assistant dean (Graduate Programs), chairperson, director of research and director for the Americas in the Faculty of Management. He was president of the University of Calgary's Faculty Association and director of that university’s OLADE Project on Energy and the Environment. A native of Alberta, he obtained his bachelor of arts and master of science degrees from Brigham Young University between 1970 and 1971 and his PhD from Syracuse University in 1974.
Having recently had his vice presidential appointment at the University of Regina renewed, Dr. Cahoon was admitted by his colleagues for innovation, support and advocacy on behalf of the institution, forging excellent relationships with government and working collaboratively with the corporate sector in Saskatchewan and for his great rapport with students. Dr. Cahoon has been an admirer of the unique Royal Roads mission since the its inception and the board of governors was impressed with his enthusiasm for RRU's applied emphasis in programming and research.
Dr. Cahoon also joined the RRU Faculty of Management as a professor.
[edit] Campus and grounds
The campus and surrounding grounds of Royal Roads University are situated at Hatley Park National Historic Site. Royal Roads leases the land from the Department of National Defence for $1 per year and assumes all stewardship responsibilities related to the site including the cost of site management, operations, the protection, preservation and restoration of heritage assets, which include all buildings on the site as well as many heritage gardens and educating the public about the site's historic and natural attributes.
[edit] History
Originally used by the Coast Salish, the land was developed for agriculture by European immigrants and their descendants. In 1906, the coal magnate and politician James Dunsmuir purchased the land to build an estate. The Canadian government acquired the buildings and grounds from his descendants in 1940 to serve as a naval training establishment, which came to be known as Royal Roads Military College. In 1995, the military college was closed and the land and facilities leased by the government of British Columbia. The site was converted into Royal Roads University the same year.
The military college and the university took their name from Royal Roads, the body of water that forms the entrance into Esquimalt Harbour from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, lying to the east of the facility.
[edit] Buildings and Facilities
The grounds, a mix of landscaped gardens and natural woodland, still go by the name of Hatley Park which the Dunsmuirs gave their estate (it is not a designated park). Hatley Castle and its surroundings have made appearances in numerous movies and TV series programs such as Smallville where it serves as the Luthor Mansion, and the second and third X-Men films where the university is transformed into Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
Visitors to the 565 acre Hatley Park can tour the extensive walking trails, as well as the Hatley Castle museum. The museum is free to enter, and contains historic, local memorabilia as well as a gift shop. Tours of the castle itself are available (schedule is seasonal) and access to the heritage gardens (approx 20 acres) have a visitor fee that helps offset the cost of preserving the site.
[edit] Ranking
The BCom and MBA programs at Royal Roads were ranked by Corporate Knights Magazine in July 2007. The Royal Roads BCom program placed 28th out of the 47 BCom programs in Canada. The MBA placed 20th out of 35 MBA programs.[2]
Royal Roads participated in the Maclean’s ranking of universities for the first time in 2008. Based on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Royal Roads was ranked 1st for an active and collaborative learning experience, 2nd for level of academic challenge, 4th for senior year student satisfaction, 5th for supportive campus environment, 28th for student-faculty interaction, and 37th for enriching educational experience. See MacLean's and Royal Roads media release.
In web popularity it ranks 55th out of the 122 postsecondary institutions in Canada.[3]
[edit] See also
- Canadian Centre for Environmental Education
- University of Victoria - neighbouring school
- Camosun College - neighbouring school
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